Flood Statement
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR

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WGCA82 TJSJ 221718
FLSSJU

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
118 PM AST WED MAY 22 2013

PRC001-023-059-067-075-111-113-121-125-153-222015-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUAYANILLA PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-JUANA DIAZ PR-PENUELAS PR-PONCE PR-
SABANA GRANDE PR-SAN GERMAN PR-YAUCO PR-ADJUNTAS PR-CABO ROJO PR-
118 PM AST WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN
  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

  IN PUERTO RICO
     GUAYANILLA...HORMIGUEROS...JUANA DIAZ...PENUELAS...PONCE...
     SABANA GRANDE...SAN GERMAN...YAUCO...ADJUNTAS AND CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 415 PM AST

* AT 117 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS INDICATING SCATTERED
SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY RAINFALL...IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS
AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND
MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 1814 6719 1814 6686 1815 6674 1815 6653
      1810 6653 1808 6651 1801 6650 1800 6672
      1804 6697 1805 6699 1807 6715 1805 6721
      1806 6721

$$

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